THE STREETS ARE HOTT....
Well life in OC is pretty chill most of the time...
....until a street art opening comes around!
I ended up at Subject Matter last night for the Collabro opening (the premise behind the show was that selected street artist were chosen and paired to work on a collaborative piece(s) together.) instead of going to the second run theater in Huntington beach to check out Silent Hill. I figured I'd rather enjoy booze, the company of fine ladies, graff/street art nerds music and art rather than spend more time and money alone at a film for a game I don't have time to play...
Boombox courtesy of Chris@subject matter.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a pretty decent interest in street art out here albeit a little too conveniently placed in the LAB anti mall (it's the closest thing OC has to a NYC urban retail envioronment)...After a couple screw drivers and beers I recognized a few familiar faces in the crowd and proceeded to introduce myself chat it up with all the other hipsters in OC. I talked with the doorman abit about keeping it in the straight and narrow for day gigs (aka taking drug test what brands work what do they cover) in the suburbs as well what's up with hip hop from the south, and how vietnamese girls break the asian stereo types of flat ass and no bounce since I've been noticing that quite a few of them pack it where it counts.
I ran into Casey, and told him how I felt like a dick after talking to his manager at Pearl about moving back here from NYC...So Marcus (casey's manager) asked to see my student ID for the discount so I flash my dated ID "You graduted sort of late eh?" Somewhat annoyed I respond" Yeah I went to JC and transferred." So I proceed to ask him about his background in art and it turns out he studied at RISD...then I nail him with "So what are you doing now?" And he responds "Oh freelance Illustration." And I looked at him and smirked "yeah..." and walked away...so yeah awkward introductions are my specialty so who gives...euuugh what ev's it's all good...regardless we chatted about art schools and how going through graphic design seems like a more practical route to forging a creative career....
And here are a few more snaps that came from last night's show enjoy:
I ran into ryan and his girlfriend as I was exiting the show and throwing up stickers. I met ryan in Oct. at our mutual friend's birfday party in Placentia. We continued to talk about spots and politics. Ryan informed of me of his main political concern of the moment the NETWORK NEUTRALITY bill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality) which throws more friggin power to the cable and telephone companies by allowing them to dictate whose websites we'll have easier access to. I'm glad to know there are artist out there aware of such issues and see their art as medium of informing the public and tool of positive growth and change.
Well I'd say it was nice to take a much needed break from myself once again. And I look forward to collaborating with other artist in the immediate future...
....until a street art opening comes around!
I ended up at Subject Matter last night for the Collabro opening (the premise behind the show was that selected street artist were chosen and paired to work on a collaborative piece(s) together.) instead of going to the second run theater in Huntington beach to check out Silent Hill. I figured I'd rather enjoy booze, the company of fine ladies, graff/street art nerds music and art rather than spend more time and money alone at a film for a game I don't have time to play...
Boombox courtesy of Chris@subject matter.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a pretty decent interest in street art out here albeit a little too conveniently placed in the LAB anti mall (it's the closest thing OC has to a NYC urban retail envioronment)...After a couple screw drivers and beers I recognized a few familiar faces in the crowd and proceeded to introduce myself chat it up with all the other hipsters in OC. I talked with the doorman abit about keeping it in the straight and narrow for day gigs (aka taking drug test what brands work what do they cover) in the suburbs as well what's up with hip hop from the south, and how vietnamese girls break the asian stereo types of flat ass and no bounce since I've been noticing that quite a few of them pack it where it counts.
I ran into Casey, and told him how I felt like a dick after talking to his manager at Pearl about moving back here from NYC...So Marcus (casey's manager) asked to see my student ID for the discount so I flash my dated ID "You graduted sort of late eh?" Somewhat annoyed I respond" Yeah I went to JC and transferred." So I proceed to ask him about his background in art and it turns out he studied at RISD...then I nail him with "So what are you doing now?" And he responds "Oh freelance Illustration." And I looked at him and smirked "yeah..." and walked away...so yeah awkward introductions are my specialty so who gives...euuugh what ev's it's all good...regardless we chatted about art schools and how going through graphic design seems like a more practical route to forging a creative career....
And here are a few more snaps that came from last night's show enjoy:
I ran into ryan and his girlfriend as I was exiting the show and throwing up stickers. I met ryan in Oct. at our mutual friend's birfday party in Placentia. We continued to talk about spots and politics. Ryan informed of me of his main political concern of the moment the NETWORK NEUTRALITY bill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality) which throws more friggin power to the cable and telephone companies by allowing them to dictate whose websites we'll have easier access to. I'm glad to know there are artist out there aware of such issues and see their art as medium of informing the public and tool of positive growth and change.
Well I'd say it was nice to take a much needed break from myself once again. And I look forward to collaborating with other artist in the immediate future...